Quantitative Ultrasonic Tissue Characterization Can Identify High-Risk Atherosclerotic Alteration in Human Carotid Arteries

Shin Takiuchi, Hiromi Rakugi, Katsuya Honda, +9

Circulation

The long-term outcome of a surgical repair of sinus of Valsalva aneurysm

Yoshihisa Naka, Keishi Kadoba, Shigeaki Ohtake, +4

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Long-term OutcomeVascular SurgerySurgical RepairSurgeryValsalva Aneurysm +2

Tuberculosis in Heart Transplant Recipients

Michael Körner, Nobuaki Hirata, Gero Tenderich, +4

CHEST Journal

TransplantationHeartlung TransplantHeart Transplant RecipientsTuberculosis PreventionTuberculosis +3

Predictive Value of Preoperative Serum Cholinesterase Concentration in Patients with Liver Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Nobuaki Hirata, Yoshiki Sawa, Hikaru Matsuda

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Preoperative and postoperative right ventricular function during exercise in patients with mitral stenosis

Nobuaki Hirata, T Sakakibara, Yasuhisa Shimazaki, +7

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Mitral StenosisHeart FailureCardiac MechanicExerciseExercise Physiology +7

New strategy for treatment of MRSA mediastinitis: one-stage procedure for omental transposition and closed irrigation

Nobuaki Hirata, Shinichi Hatsuoka, Akira Amemiya, +2

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Omental TranspositionSurgeryMrsa MediastinitisNew Strategy

Long-term appraisal of coronary bypass operations in familial hypercholesterolemia

Toshiki Takahashi, Susumu Nakano, Yasuhisa Shimazaki, +6

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Health PolicyCardiovascular DiseaseLong-term AppraisalCardiologyHyperlipidemia +6

The freestyle stentless bioprosthesis for prosthetic valve endocarditis

Taichi Sakaguchi, Yoshiki Sawa, Shigeaki Ohtake, +2

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Freestyle Stentless BioprosthesisValve DiseaseBiomedical EngineeringValvular Heart DiseaseCardiology +1

Noninvasive evaluation of internal thoracic artery and left anterior descending coronary artery anastomotic sites using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography: comparison with coronary arteriography

Nobuaki Hirata, Nobuaki Asaoka, Akira Amemiya, +3

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Internal Thoracic ArteryCardiovascular DiseaseMedicineMyocardial InfarctionCoronary Artery Disease +11

Formation of Electrically Conducting Polypyrrole Fine Lines in Arachidic Acid Langmuir-Blodgett Films

Seimei Sha, Nobuaki Hirata, Kazuo Ikezaki, +2

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Materials ScienceMaterials EngineeringChemical EngineeringConducting PolymerEngineering +12